Ubuntu’s Bold Mobile Gambit

There’s no denying the magnitude of Linux’s impact on the world of personal computing so far, but you know something has changed when headlines like these begin appearing: “Ubuntu for Android: This, ladies and gentlemen, is the future of computing” read one. “Ubuntu for Android shows us the future of computing” read another. Indeed, after Canonical’s Tuesday debut of Ubuntu for Android, it soon became clear that the news had struck some kind of chord with observers far and wide, prompting nothing less than a large-scale reconsideration of the current state of computing.